Both books are also shortlisted in the LIANZA Awards, winners announced on Monday. The Book of Hat has also won a Notable Book Award (Storylines) and was runner-up in the Ashton Wylie Awards. Both books also have something else in common, their authors died in 2014 from cancer. Harriet was 20 and Jill 74. We at Mākaro Press feel privileged to have worked with these talented and determined women.

You can vote for Jill’s book in the Children’s Choice Award by clicking on the little boy holding her book on our home page. Or go HERE.